Two European retailers on Wednesday listed ASRock's family of motherboards on the basis of AMD's X670E chipset and designed for the upcoming Ryzen 7000-series processors. But unlike AMD X670E-powered mainboards, some of ASRock's X670E platforms are not that expensive, according to two retailers. 

For AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7000 processors in AM5 packaging, ASRock will give out five motherboards based on AMD's X670 Extreme chipset and, presently, will not offer any vanilla X670 platforms, as revealed by the company in early August. Instead, the family has two dreadnoughts namely, X670E Taichi Carrara and X670E Taichi mainboards that targets the devoted enthusiasts and over clockers without budget limitations, and X670E Steel Legend, X670E Pro RS, and X670E PG Lightning for others. 

Indeed, ASRock's flagship X670E Taichi Carrara and X670E Taichi mainboards are the most expensive in the company's family costing $578 without VAT and $550 without VAT in France. Over half a thousand dollars is still too much for a motherboard but is considerably cheaper than the $1300 - $1500 range that we have seen with X670E mainboards from ASUS and MSI. 

Most importantly, ASRock's cheapest X670E PG Lightning will cost $278 without VAT in France and $298 without VAT in the U.K., which is a range for AMD X670-based platforms from ASUS and MSI. If we consider by today's standards, then other family members will also not be that expensive: the X670E Pro RS will cost $311 without VAT and the X670E Steel Legend will retail for around $343 without VAT. 

It is difficult to say why ASRock's X670E motherboards are cheaper than mainboards based on the same chipset from other vendors. Some 20 years back, ASRock was a maker of budget motherboards. Still, in recent years the company has become a supplier of high-end products aiming demanding gamers and over clockers. 

Formally, ASRock's flagship X670E platform will be its Aqua-badged product that is designed for enthusiasts with custom liquid cooling systems, and this one could appear with $1000 range. On the other hand, ASRock's X670E PG Lightning is entering vanilla X670 territory with its sub-$300 price. Assuming the prices to be correct, it still looks like not every premium AM5 motherboards will have a high price tag. 

The date of AMD's new platforms is getting closer and with it, more retailers will start to list motherboards based on AMD's X670 and X670 Extreme chipsets. However, we still have to see the prices of AM5 motherboards from Biostar and Gigabyte.